Bag-lock



H. TUECKMANTEL AND W. A. LOTZ.

BAG LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.I3. |921.

Patented Deo. 20, 1921.

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Application filed august 13 To all whom Ait' may conoca?.r

Be it known that we, Huso TUnonim'rvn and VILLMM ifi. Lora, citizens the United States, residiiu;` at Newark, in the county ot Essex and State oi New Jersey, have invented certain new and useiul l mprovenients in Bag-Locks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eiaet description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appen tains to. make and use the same. reference being had to the accompany", and to characters or reference marked there on, which form a part ot' this speciication.

This invention relates, generally, to imA provements in bagdoczks; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel construction ot lock ttor use in con nection with bagirarnes ot the various kinds, with a view ot providing the lockmechanisin thcreoi' with a key-receiving;v post arranged in a manner and ot such construetion, so that the hollow or tubular shank ot the key can be more easily brought into operative registration with the end oi' the said post, than is ordinarily the case with the construction ot bag-locks, as now generally used. lThe present invention, therefore, has toi' its principal objects to provide a novel and simply constructed bag-lock, in which the key-receiving; post is arranged in suoli a manner', that the end oit the hollow or tubular shank ot the key can be easily and quickly arranged on the tree end ot the key receiving post, for the manipulation oi: the hasp-'enaaging lock-mechanism; and, 'turthermore, to provide in connection with said lock-mechanism and the k y-receivino; post thereof, a reinforcing element providing` a stop vlier the key when the latter arranged upon the said post, and also a tubular sup porting member mounted upon said post, between the stop portion oi? the said reinforcing element and the usual spring-actuated key-post and hasp-lug carrier-plate or bridge of the lock.

@ther objects ot the present invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the followingr detailed description ot the present invention. present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel bagetrame Specioation of Letters Patent.

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`With the various objects ot theA lockhereinar'ter set forth; and, the said in vention consists, furthermore, inthe Ireneral arrangement and combinations ott the sevy eral devices and parts, as well in the details olf the construction 'oi the said parts, all et which will `be more fully described in the the following' specication, and then 1finally embodied in the clauses ot the claims, which are appended to and which 'form an essential part ot the said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, i`n`which:-

Figure l is a top' view ot fragmentary portions ot the usual hinged trame-sections oit a` bag-trame, one oi? said trame-sections being,l provided with a bag-lock made according to and embodyingA the principles oi the present invention,y and the other 'frame-seo tion being provided with a. pair lot liasps adapted to enter the lock-casing' 'for locking' engagement with the mechanism contained in said lock-casing'.

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal vertical section ot the lock-carrying` trame-section, said section being` taken on line 2-2 in said Fig'. l.,

looking in the direction of the arrow ai, the

lock-casing and the mechanism therein beingshown in elevation.

Fig. A3 is a central longitudinal vertical section oi both said traine-se 3tioii` and the ,lock-casing; and its mechanism,y said view being made on an enlarged scale; and Fig. et is a horizontal section ot the lock-casing, said section being taken on vline 4;-4 in said Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow y. Similar characters ot reference are employed in all ot its said above described views, to indicate corresponding' parts.

Referring` now to the said figures or" the drawings, the reference-character l indicates a -fragmentary portion ot any one ot the usual bad-traine sections, providedwith an elongated opening as 2, and the referencecharacter 3 indicates a portion ot the other` usual bag-frame section, adapted to be closed within the trarne-section l in the. usual and well-known manner. Thisr trame-section 3 is formed with the usual marginal cut away part 4l, and is provided with any usual construction o'f hasps, as 5, substantially as 1n dicated in'Figr. l of thedrawings. Y

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 2, 8 and l of the drawings, it will be' seen fn-atenten nee. ao, raar.

, 1921. Serial No. 491,995.

Fig. 4 of the drawings. Suitably securedL to` said end-wails 3 and 9, by means or rivet-A poi'tions or lugs, as 12, is a top-plate 13 made longer than the length oi said shell or casing, so that the ends of said topplate will extend beyond the end-walls 8 and 9, and will provide a pair of fastening lus or ears 14, which are'periiorated, as at lo, for the reception of rivets 16, by means of which the said top-plate and the lock-casing or shell 6 are secured upon the inner face of the said frame-section 1, as shown. v1n its side-wall 10, the said shell or casing is made with. a pair of hasp-receiving openings 17 into and through which the hasps 5 are adapted to enter for engagement with a pair oi' hasp-lugs 18, carried by a vertically movable carrier-plate or bar 19. As shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the said carrierplate or bar 19 is provided with suitably disposed holes 20, by means or which said plate or bar is movably disposed upon guide- ,rodsor posts 21, suitably secured at their respective ends to the bottonrwall 7 Vand the top-plate 13, substantially as shown, Extending upwardly from thel central por- Vtion of the said carrier-plate or bar 19 is Va key-receiving post'22. Also suitably secured to the said'carrier-plate or bar 19, by means of fasteningV lugs 23, or in any other suitable manner, is a bridge which coin"-V prises a pair of vertical end-members 24 and,

a horizontally disposed connecting member 25, the latter having a pair of downwardlyA extending portions, as 26, connected by a member 27, which is centrally perforated, as at 28, so asto be movably disposed upon the key-receiving post 22, and the said con necting member 25 being perforated, as at 29, so as to be movably disposed upon the previously mentioned guide-rods or posts 21.V The said connecting member 25is also provided with a pair of slits 30, or otherV suitably formed openings, for the reception of a pair of securing lugs 32 which entend from the marginal edge of an elongated housing 31, provided in its top or closedend lwith al key-receiving hole or opening 33,- the said housingextending through an elon-k gated hole, 34 in the topplate 13, and

through the hole 2 in the frame-sectionh..

and in which holes 2 and 34 the saidhous-` ing is adapted to move up and down. En-` circlingl that portion of thev key-receiving post 2,2, between the carrier-plate or bar 19 and the connecting member 25, is a tubular element`35, in the formera sleeve or collar, substantially as shownin said Fig. Y

drawings. Slightly movably disposed bevneath the said carrier-plate or bar 19, upon V3 of the i 4 combinations Voli the various ydevices and -parts as described in the foregoing specilisaid guide-ends or posts 21v isy the usual form of snap-plate 36, formed with the Vusual retaining Vdepressions 37 and 33, and the intermediate projection 39,lwith eitherof which is adapted to be brought in slidablyclicking engagement a laterally lextendingl latclrstud 4:1 of `the usual hey-operated latch-slide d0. The relative and operative positions of the said snap-plate 36 and the carrier-plate 19 are maintained by a bowed spring 42, secured at its vcenter to the lowerV surface of thev said carrier-plate or bar 19, means of the rivet-head or enlargement i3 oi the lrey-receiving post 22, and the free end-portions of the said spring 4:2 being in forcible contact with the said snap-plate 36, all of which will be clearly evidentfrom an inspection of said Figs. 2 and 3 of the draw-A ings,

The reference-character 43 indicates the tubular or hollow end of the usual key, whichis adapted to be inserted through the key-hole 33 or the housing 31 so-as to be readily mounted ugon that portion oi the key-receiving post 22, which projects above the previouslymentioned member 27, in the manner shown in said Fig. 3, for moving the saidA latch-slide 40 and its latch-stud 411, from its unlocked to itslocked relation with the respective parts 37 and 39, or vice versa, from its locked to its unlocked relation,

'with the respective parts 39 and 37, in a manner, as will be clearly understood from an inspection of said Fig. 3 of the drawings.

bey clearlyl understood from the foregoing description, and from an inspection of the The operation ci the lock-mechanism Ywill Y several. liguresl of the drawings, andany4 description of the same is therefore deemed unnecessary, except to state that when the key rests upon the upper surface oit the con- 'nectin'g member 27, said member serves as a seat for the turning of the keythereon;

and should the operator apply-too greata downward pressure upon the key, the said tubular sleeve or collar 35 acting as a sup-fl kmay be made in the general arrangement and combinations of the several devices and,V parts, as well asin the details of the'construction of the several parts, without deartinc from the sco Je ot the )resent invent-ion as set forth in the foregoingspeciication, and as defined in the clauses of the claims which are appended to the said speci iication. Hence, we do not limit our pres-.w

ent invention to the exact arrangements and 'said casing, a carrier-plate movabiy inode-io cation, nor do we confine ourselves to the exact description oi the said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

We claim:

1. A. lockv tor bag-trames. and the like,r comprising a casing adapted to be secured to a vtrame-section, a locking mechanism within said casing, guide-rods within l mounted upon said guide-rods, a bridge-element mounted upon said carrier plate, said bridgeelement being provided with a perforation, a key-post also mounted upon said carrierplate and extending upwardly trom said plate into and through the perforation in said bridge-element, and a key-receiving housing` mountedl upon said bridge-element into which the upper end-portion ot said hey-post extends.

2. .A lock for bag-frames, and the like. comprising a casing adapted to be secured to a frame-section, a locking mechanism within said casing, guide-rods within said casing, a carrier-plate movably mounted upon said guide-rods, a bridge-element mounted upon said carrier-plate, said bridge-element being provided with apertoration, a key-post also mounted upon said (favier-plate and extending upwardly from said plate into and through the perforation in said bridge-element, and a stittening element between said carrier-plate and the said bridge-element.

3. A lock for bag-trames, and the like, comprising a casing adapted to be secured to a trame-section, a locking mechanism within said casing, guide-rods within said casing. ay carrier-plate movably mounted upon said `guide-rods, a bridge-element mounted upon said carrier-plate, said bridge-element being provided with a perforation, a key-post also mounted upon said carrier-plate and extending upwardly from said plate into and through the perforation in said bridge-element, and a tubular staying element encircling said key-post between said carrier-plate and the said bridgeelement.

4c. A lock Jfor bag-frames, and the like, comprising` a casing adapted to be secured to a trame-section, a locking mechanism within said casing, guide-rods within said casing, a carrier-plate movably mounted upon said guide-rods, a bridge-element mounted upon said carrier-plate, said carrier-plate comprising` a pair of upwardly extending end-members secured at their lower ends to said carrier-plate, a connecting member between said end-members, saidL connecting member being provided with per- :forations tor movably mounting the same upon said guide-rods, said connecting member being provided at its central portion with a pair of downwardly extending portions and a horizontally disposed connecting member between said` downwardly extending portions. all arranged to prtwidel a key-receiving seat, said last-mentioned connecting member being further provided with a perforation,r a key-post mounted upon said carrier-plate and extending upwardly :trom said plate into and through said lastmentioned perforation, and a 1Key-receiving housingmounted upon the first-mentioned connecting member of said bridge-element into which the upper end-portion oit said key-post extends.

5. A locl for bag-trames, and the like. comprisinga casing adapted to be secured to a ,trarne-section, a locking mechanism within said casing, guide-rods within said casing, a carrier-plate movably mounted upon said guide-rods, a bridgeelement mounted upon said carrier-plate, said carrier-plate comprising a pair ot" upwardly eX- tending end-members secured at their lower ends to said carrier-plate, a connecting member between said end-members, said connecting member being provided with perforations tor movably mounting the same upon said guide-rods, said connecting member being provided at its central portion with a pair of downwardly extending portions and a horizontally disposed connecting member between said downwardly ertending portions, all arranged to provide a key-receiving seat, said last-mentioned connecting member being further provided with a perforation, a key-post mounted upon said carrier-plate and extending upwardly'trom said plate into and through said last-mentioned perforation, and a stiffening element between said carrier-element and the said last-mentioned connecting member of said bridge-element. `i

6. A loclr for bag-trames, and the like, comprising a casing adapted to be secured to a frame-section, a locking mechanism within said casing, guide-rods within said casing, a carrier-plate movably mounted upon said guide-rods, a bridge-element mounted upon said carrier-plate, said carrier-plate comprising a pair ot upwardly extending end-members secured at their lower ends to said carrier-plate, a connecting member between said end-members, said connecting member being provided with perorations tor movably mounting the same upon said guide-rods, said connecting memelement encircling seid key-post betweensaid carrier-plate and the said last-mentioned connecting member of said bridge-element.

7. A bag-frame lock comprising a casing, a locking mechanism therein, a spring-controlled hasp-1ug carrier-plate movably disposed Within said casing, a key-receiving seat-element disposed above said carrierpiate, and a stifening,- element between said key-receiving seat-element and the said Carrief-plate.

8. A bag-frame lock comprising a casing, a locking mechanism therein, a spring-controlled hasp-lug carrier-plate movably disposed Within said casing, e, key-receiving seat-element disposed Vabove said carrierplate, said seat-element being provided with e perforation, a key-post extending up- Wardly from said carrier-plate, and a tubular staying element encircling said key-post between said seat-element and the said ce1*- rier-plate.

In testimony that We claim the invention set forth above We haveV hereunto set our hands this Sth day of August, 1921.

HUGO TUECKMANTEL. WILLIAM A. LOTZ. Vtnesses Y FREDK C. FRAENTZEL, DORA WALz. 

